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SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2010 The Emerging Practice of Elder/Adult Family Mediation: A Resource for Decision-Making and Conflict Management In 2008, persons 65 years old and older outnumbered younger adults by 38.9 million, an increase of 4.5 million or 13% since 1998. During the same period, the number of persons 45-64 who will reach 65 over the next two decades increased by 31%, and the number aged 100 or older increased 147%. Concurrently, health care costs skyrocketed, the economy took a nosedive and families became increasingly dispersed and alienated. It is timely for Elder/Adult Family Mediation's emergence as a powerfully effective process in enabling families to address the multiple, complex issues encountered as family members transition from independence to dependence. Elder mediation allows conflicted families to make wise decisions about independence (housing, care-giving, health care) and money (gifts, family business succession, estate planning) and to prevent the painful and costly consequences of contested conservatorship proceedings and, later, trust and estate litigation. This program will: (1) Explore the "universe" of elder mediation; (2) Examine the value-added opportunities for families in elder mediation; (3) Clarify the early warning signs that family decisions may lead to conflicts appropriate for mediation; (4) Outline the distinguishing features of elder mediation; (5) Help you find an elder mediator; and (6) Explore the role of the lawyer in elder mediation. This is a complimentary CLE program. Panelists: Lawyers and Midlife: Planning For and Living the Rest of Your Life Lawyers at midlife, as young as 50, should begin planning for the time when they no longer practice law. Financial planning and the need for economic independence are a huge part of this, but not the only aspects to be considered. This program also looks at the emotional aspects and the need for meaningful engagement after transitioning from practice. This program will help lawyers who are at all stages of retirement planning consider the full range of issues that will make that part of their lives most fulfilling. This is a complimentary CLE program. Speaker:
Fair Trial, Free Press? High-Profile Cases in a 24/7 “New Media” World The ranks of newspapers, newspaper readers, and traditional journalists are rapidly dwindling, replaced by bloggers, twitterers, “citizen journalists,” and other so-called “social” and ‘new’ media. Can “trial by twitter” be far behind? In a fast-paced, multi-media “talk show” format, renowned judges, and journalists (representing both conventional and “new” media) will use real-life examples “ripped from the headlines” - screening actual news reports on select trials - to highlight the growing challenges of litigating high-profile cases in a world where a 24/7 news cycle is the norm, the news cycle is the norm, the journalists’ code of ethics is being rewritten “on the fly,” and jurors are negotiating book deals during coffee breaks and researching case details on their Blackberries to reach a verdict. Panelists include the judge who recently presided over the “Proposition 8”/same-sex marriage trial, as well as the judge who recently handled one of the largest public corruption cases in the country and now has a major national security case involving an alleged terrorist plot to blow up a skyscraper. The relationship between the courts and the media has always been rocky, and the emergence of “new” social media clearly raise the stakes and pose novel problems. Don’t miss this frank and stimulating exchange on how to protect parties’ rights to a fair trial while- at the same time - satisfying the rights of the public and media to access to the courts. This is a complimentary CLE program. Speaker: Panelists: Registration Section Dinner - Friday, August 6
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